Netflix Raises Prices, While HBO Max Heats Up
Business Wars Daily
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🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Wednesday, January 26, and we're looking at Netflix vs. HBO Max.
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| 0:49.2 | Thank you. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Wednesday, January 26th. |
| 1:09.0 | Your streaming habit is about to get a little more expensive. |
| 1:12.5 | Netflix announced earlier this month it was boosting the cost to most of its North American plans a buck or two per month. |
| 1:18.9 | The prices went into effect immediately for new subscribers and will roll out in the coming weeks for existing ones. |
| 1:24.8 | The last time Netflix raised prices was roughly a year and a half ago, |
| 1:28.6 | when folks were stuck at home because of the pandemic. It was a golden age for streaming |
| 1:33.2 | services as people searched for entertainment. That led to a surge in streaming app downloads |
| 1:38.0 | and new players on the scene, not to mention the popularity of series like Tiger King. |
| 1:45.5 | There wasn't a lot of concern that an extra dollar or two was going to be a deal breaker, especially with all of the |
| 1:49.3 | original content Netflix delivered. But as things began to reopen last year, and people got |
| 1:54.8 | out of the house more, growth started to slow for the streaming service, leaving some industry |
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